Will AIG's $5.4 Billion ILFC Sale Lift Shares?

After more than four years of trying to sell its aircraft-leasing business, AIG has found a buyer in AerCap.

AIG has finally unloaded its aircraft-leasing business, but investors shouldn't expect its stock to soar from here.

After more than four years attempting to cement some sort of deal, insurer American International Group (ticker: AIG) said it is selling International Lease Finance Corp, or ILFC, to Dutch aircraft-leasing company AerCap (AER). While AIG will get $3 billion in cash, it also gets about a million AerCap shares, leaving AIG...